Device for stretching and drying lace curtains.



'No.849,853. 1 PATENTED APR.9,19,07.

A. PROGTOR,

V DEVICE FOR STRETGHING AND DRYING LACE CURTAINS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1905.

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I Specificationot Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed llovcmher 11, 1905- Serial lilo. 286,933.

I following is a specification.

My invention has reference to devices for stretching and drying lace curtains and analogous pieces of fahricjand it has for its ohject to provide a simple and light device lup on which lace curtains of various widths may be expeditiously and easily secured with a view of stretching and facilitating proper drying of. the same and from which the curtains may be as readily removed, and this without liability of the curtains being torn or otherwise injured.

The invention will he fully understo'ul from the following description andclahis when the same are considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which .Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lacecurtain-stretcher and drier, constituting the present and preferred enihodinient of my in vention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail transverse section taken through the adjustable hand of the device, and one of the pegs,

through the medium of which the same is fastened to one of the longitudinal strips of the rotatable drum and adjustably positioned on said drum so suit the width of a curtain to be stretched and dried;

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the viewsof the drawings, referring to which- A is the rotatable drum of my novel device, and B- B are the standards, which are prefera'hly employed to support the drum at sucha height as to render it unnecessary for the "user'of the device to stoop while engaged in lacing a curtain on or removing a curtain lron the drum. Both the drum and the standards are preferably of wood, though they bhviously may be of any other suitable material without in any way affecting the spifit or my invention.

The drum A is preferably, though not necessar ly, of circular term in cross-section and is made up of heads aa, having hubs t,.runs

c, and spokes d, a longitudinal central shaft e,

which extends through and outwardly beyond the hubs of the headsto form trunnio'ns f, and longitudinal strips 9, extending between and fixedly connected to the rims of the heads and arranged about the proportional distance illustrated apart. Some of the st'rips'g, preierahly the alternate ones, are provided at intervals in theirlength with apertures 71, the said apertures losing located adjacent to the head a for a purpose presently set iorth. v r

The standardsB are preferably connected by a bar C and are provided in their upper portions with suitable hearings i, in which the trunnionsf of the drum A are journaled, as best shown in Fi g. 2.

l) is a toothed wheel fixed to one end of the drum A, and E is a" gravitating pawl pivoted .to t adjacent standard B and positioned to normally engage the/teeth of the said wheel.

"irtuc of. this provision it will he apparardly to wind a curtain thereon, and yet is smurely held against casual retrograde motion When, however, it is desired to rotate the drum hackwardly as in removing a d and dried curtain from the drum, the some may be readily accomplished after the pawl E is lifted out of engagement with wheel l),

thereof to suit the width or" the curtain to be stretched and dried, as will presently be more fully explained. G G are pegs passed through a matures in said band F and de signed to he placed in certain of the apertures h in the drum-strips to adjustably fix the band to the drum. v

H H are spurs or pins fixed to and extending radially from the riin'of the drum-head a, and I I are similar spurs or pins iixod to and extending radially from the band i The. spurs or pins H and I have to do with the fastenin oi the curtain or other article to be stitute important features of my invention, as will be presently appreciated.

In" the practical use of the stretcher and drier the band F is first positioned on the drum A to suit the particular curtain "to be stretched and dried. The curtain is then placed on the drum, and its edge portions are when, as will be readily apparent, it will be securely fastened to the periphery of the drum, though in such manner that there is no liability of it being torn or otherwise in- F is a bandfizhiclr-surrounds the drum As and is adjustable in the direction of the length stretdlied and dried on the drum A and conat the drum A may be freely rotated prcsscd down on the spurs or pins H and l, q

drying ofthe same will be assured.

' tion above the spurs or pins H and I such layer is pressed down on the said spurs or pins, with the result that when the entire curtain is wound on the drum the curtain will be held in a taut and smooth state and pro er he toothed wheel I) and pawl E contribute materially to'keeping the curtain taut While the same is being placed on the drum,and yet said toothed wheel and awl do not interfere with the ready remova of the curt'ain,,for when the pawl is'lifted out of engagement with the wheel the .drum A may be freely ro-' t'ated backward to facilitate such removal. The curtain is removed by sim ly pulling it in a gentle manner backward y, the drum gaining its movement from the curtain and the spurs Hand I permitting the layers of curtainto freely leave the periphery, of the drum.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that as a whole my novel devicepermits free circulation of air through a curtain mounted thereon and in that way accelerates drying of the curtain.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 18-

1. In a device for the purpose described,

the combination with a drum having oneor more spurs or pins on its periphery adjacent to one of its ends; of a band surroundin the drum and adjustable in the direction 0 the band surrounding the longitudinal strips of the drum and adjustable in the direction of the length thereof and having one or more spurs or ins on its periphery, and pegs carried by t e band and arranged to be placed 'in apertures of the strips of the drum.

3. In a device for. the purpose described, the combination with standards; of a drum comprisingheadshaving hubs, spokes and rims, trunnions extending from the hubs of the heads and journaled in the standards, and

longitudinal strips connecting the rims of the heads, a band surroundi the longitudinal strips of the drum and ad ustable in the direction of the length of the same, means for adjustably fixing, the band to the drum, one or more 8 ur'sor pins on the periphery of one head of 1; admin, one or'more spurs or pins on the periphery ofthe band, and coacting 45 [vale-in their length with perforations; of a devices on one standard and the drum for holding the latter against retrograde movement.

p In testimony whereof l aflix my signature 7 in presence of two witnesses.

. 1 AUGUSTA PROCTOR. Witnesses: 'H. E. PACKARD,

WMQ'G. WEBB. 

